.Kurt Donald Cobain (pronounced /koʊˈbeɪn/, /kəˈbeɪn/; February 20, 1967 – c. April 5, 1994) was an American singer-songwriter and musician, best known as the lead singer and guitarist of the rock band Nirvana.^American guitarist, singer, songwriter and record producer.

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.Other Seattle grunge bands such as Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam, and Soundgarden also gained wider audiences, and as a result, alternative rock became a dominant genre on radio and music television in the United States during the early-to-middle 1990s.^All the other so called grunge bands where so much better THEN nirvana.

^So that became my perception, as a little kid: if you played rock music, you would die.

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Nirvana was considered the "flagship band of Generation X", and frontman Cobain found himself anointed by the media as the generation's "spokesman."[2] Cobain was uncomfortable with the attention he received, and placed his focus on the band's music, believing the band's message and artistic vision to have been misinterpreted by the public, challenging the band's audience with its third studio album In Utero (1993).

.During the last years of his life, Cobain struggled with heroin addiction, illness and depression, his fame and public image, as well as the professional and lifelong personal pressures surrounding himself and his wife, musician Courtney Love.^In the last years of his life, he struggled with drug addiction and media pressures.

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^Following a meeting with friends and record company executives, arranged by his wife Courtney Love, Cobain had agreed to undergo a detox program, but left the facility the day after arriving.

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^Back in the long idle period right after Nevermind came out, Kurt Cobain and his new wife, Courtney Love, they lived in an apartment with a large walk-in closet, where much of Cobain's writing was done.

.On April 8, 1994, Cobain was found dead at his home in Seattle, the victim of what was officially ruled a suicide by a self-inflicted shotgun wound to the head.^Committed suicide by gunshot in his home in Seattle.

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^He said, "for viewers who are joining us for the first time, MTV News is sad to report that Kurt Cobain has died from a self inflicted gun shot to the head."

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The circumstances of his death have sometimes become a topic of fascination and debate. .Since their debut, Nirvana, with Cobain as a songwriter, sold over twenty-five million albums in the United States alone, and over fifty million worldwide.^It is understandable that Cobain's abilities as a musician and songwriter are underestimated, for the wonderfully simple nature of Nirvana's music belies his undoubtable genius.

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^February 17th, 2009 at 10:42 pm I think he is suited for this role and that yes, it is time for a movie on Kurt Cobain’s life.

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^February 18th, 2009 at 4:17 pm yeh i thnk Ewan Mcgreger would be a good kurt cobain.

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His father was of Irish and French ancestry,[7] and his mother, was of Irish, German and English ancestry.[8] Cobain had one younger sister named Kimberly, born on April 24, 1970.[6]

.Cobain was raised by working-class parents, and his family had a musical background.^For example, the “shattered family values,” represented by the divorce of Cobain’s parents, is presented to be at the root of his problems ( 71 : 26).

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.His maternal uncle Chuck Fradenburg starred in a band called The Beachcombers, his Aunt Mari Earle played guitar and performed in bands throughout Grays Harbor County, and his great-uncle Delbert had a career as an Irish tenor; making an appearance in the 1930 film King of Jazz.^Bands like Sonic Youth and the Jesus and Mary Chain were making the best music of their careers, and Nirvana was ready to take all that energy which was hidden from so many and channel it direcly to the more accessible areas which they hit.

^July 15th, 2009 at 11:18 am I think it is a great idea to make a film,from the book heavier than heaven(best book ever) but no one will ever be good enough to play Kurt… x .

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.Cobain grew up was described as a happy, lively, and caring child.^The same applies when he was described to be an “artistic loner who grew up in this timber town” ( 158 ).

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His talent as an artist was evident from an early age. .His bedroom was described as having taken on the appearance of an art studio,[5] where he would accurately draw his favorite characters from films and cartoons such as Aquaman, the Creature from the Black Lagoon, and Disney characters like Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse and Pluto.^The Shinnecock Indians of Long Island would put an onion in the sick room to draw the fever out; once having done so it would turn black.

[9] This enthusiasm was encouraged by his grandmother Iris Cobain, who was a professional artist herself. .Cobain began developing an interest in music early in his life.^In those ten years since Cobain committed suicide, the music scene is forever changing and Kurt's music is still as powerful and widely-received as it was in the early 1990's.

^If this movie gets a green light, it will be the first movie about Kurt Cobain’s life, his music & his relationship with Courtney Love.

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According to his Aunt Mari, he began singing at two years old. .At age four, Cobain began singing and playing the piano, writing a song about their trip to a local park.^Well the scoop is in, Ewan McGregor is to play the part of rock legend Kurt Cobain in a movie about his life.

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^In many articles, it is noted that Cobain’s serious problems supposedly began at the age of 8 when his parents divorced.

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^While other rock guitarists sought to dumbfound their audience with displays of superhuman technical ability, Cobain opted for melodies that his fans could sing and play along with.

His mother noted that his personality changed dramatically - Cobain became more defiant and withdrawn.[12] In a 1993 interview, he elaborated:

"I remember feeling ashamed, for some reason. I was ashamed of my parents. .I couldn't face some of my friends at school anymore, because I desperately wanted to have the classic, you know, typical family.^It has to be, look at the blood on his face, you know."

.Cobain's parents both went on to date and find new partners after the divorce.^In many articles, it is noted that Cobain’s serious problems supposedly began at the age of 8 when his parents divorced.

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^In interview after interview, and in his lyrics, Cobain cites the divorce of his parents...

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^That week was when my parents were getting divorced and they were both crying every time I saw them, so I pretty much had that ordeal on my mind.

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His father promised not to remarry, but at his son's dismay, did after meeting Jenny Westeby, who became Jenny Westeby Cobain.[14].The two Cobain males, Westeby and her two children Mindy and James moved into a new in household together.^In early April, Cobain discharged a shotgun into his left temple, and Pfaff died from an apparent drug overdose about two months later.

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.Cobain liked Westeby at first, who gave him the maternal attention he craved.^But the Hess affair basically gave Churchill the opportunity to blackmail his opponents who were involved with the Hess flight into supporting him...

He insisted however that this new family was not his "real" one, and was greatly conflicted by the situtation.[15][16] In January of 1979, Westeby gave birth to another son to Don, Chad Cobain.[17].This new family was in stark contrast the attention Cobain was used to receiving as an only child.^Assumptions are only “baffling” when they don’t tally with the major fact that Cobain killed himself with the full knowledge that he had a wife and child.

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His mother began dating a man who was abusive towards her. .Cobain powerlessly witnessed the domestic violence inflicted upon her, including one incident that resulted in her being hospitalized with a broken arm.^Yet, he probably knew Cobain better than anyone, including Courtney Love, and he must have the priceless knowledge one would need to fully understand Cobain.

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[18][19] Nevertheless, she refused to press charges, and remained completely committed to the relationship.[20] All of this further exacerbated Cobain's mental and emotional turmoil.

.Cobain's personality continued to change, where he would behave insolently toward adults and began severely bullying another boy at school.^Cobain said he also suffered at the hands of high school bullies because he liked art and music and hated sports.

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^Cobain was being subversive and it was probably very important, personally, that this kiss would be between himself and Novoselic.

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^Courtney than I ever have been toward any other person.” What else, however, could we have expected him to say given that he knew Love would read the interview?

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.Eventually, his father and Westeby took him to a therapist, who concluded that he was in need of a single family.^This deep-cutting line refers to Kurt's father who deserted him when he was a child.

On June 28, 1979, Cobain's mother granted full custody of their son to his father.[22] Cobain's teenage rebellion soon became too overwhelming for his father however, and he was placed in the care of his differing family and friends.

While living with the born-again Christian family of his friend Jesse Reed, Cobain became a devout Christian and regularly attended church services. .Cobain later renounced Christianity during early adolescence, engaging in what would be described as "anti-God" rants.^Cobain describes his adolescence.

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^To retaliate with his community, Cobain would spend the night spray-painting “GOD IS GAY” on people’s cars and trucks.

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^In early April, Cobain discharged a shotgun into his left temple, and Pfaff died from an apparent drug overdose about two months later.

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The song "Lithium" is about his experience while living with the Reed family. .Religion would still play an important part in Cobain's personal life and beliefs, as he often used Christian imagery in his work and maintained a constant interest in Jainism and Buddhist philosophy.^Please see our Privacy Policy for important information and disclosures relating to the collection and use of your Personal Information in connection with your use of the Site.

.The band name Nirvana was taken from the Buddhist concept, which Cobain described as "freedom from pain, suffering and the external world," which paralleled with the punk rock ethic and ideology.^"Nevermind" has made Nirvana the most famous rock band in the world.

.Cobain would regard himself as both a Buddhist and a Jain during different points of his life, including through watching late night television documentaries on both subjects.^Pancakes were a common offering for Frau Holde's twin sister, Perchta, and both of them were said to lead the Wild Horde, which flew through the night sky.

.Despite not being interested in sports, he was enrolled in the junior high school wrestling team at the insistence of his father.^Cam/ron I came home from my junior high school and saw Kurt Loder announce that the "body was confirmed to be that of Kurt Cobain."

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^He could never get beyond being a skinny weird kid who got beaten up in high school.

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Despite being skilled, he despised the experience because of the ridicule he endured from his teammates and coach, and allowed himself to be pinned in order to spite his father. .His father later enlisted him in a little league baseball team, where Cobain would intentionally strike out to avoid having to play.^The Shinnecock Indians of Long Island would put an onion in the sick room to draw the fever out; once having done so it would turn black.

[26] Cobain was more interested in art instead. He often drew during school classes, including objects associated with human anatomy. When given a caricature assignment for an art course, Cobain drew a posing Michael Jackson. When his art teacher told him the caricature would be inappropriate to be displayed in a school hallway, Cobain drew an unflattering sketch of then-President Ronald Reagan.[27]

Cobain's police mugshot after his arrest for vandalism.

Cobain befriended a homosexual student at school, sometimes suffering bullying from homophobic students who concluded that Cobain was gay. In a 1993 interview with The Advocate, Cobain claimed that he was "gay in spirit" and "probably could be bisexual." He also stated that he used to spray paint "God Is Gay" on pickup trucks in the Aberdeen area. However, Aberdeen police records show that the phrase for which he was arrested was actually "Ain't got no how watchamacallit".[28] One of his personal journals states, "I am not gay, although I wish I were, just to piss off homophobes."[29]

As attributed to numerous of Cobain's classmates and family members, the first concert he attended was Sammy Hagar and Quarterflash at the Seattle Center Coliseum in 1983.[5][30] Cobain, however, claimed his first attended concert to be the Melvins - an experience of which he wrote prolifically in his Journals.[31].As a teenager living in Montesano, Cobain eventually found escape through the thriving Pacific Northwest punk scene, going to punk rock shows in Seattle.^Finally when I got a plot in my local community garden, I found the previous gardener had left a thriving rosemary behind (they do love our climate here in Seattle).

Eventually, Cobain began frequenting the practice space of fellow Montesano musicians the Melvins.

.During the second semester of his sophomore year, Cobain began living with his mother in Aberdeen.^Anonymous sophomore year of college, i lived in Center City Philadelphia and was i guess the equivalent of a city hipster kid then.

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.Two weeks prior to graduation, he dropped out of Aberdeen High School after realizing that he did not have enough credits to graduate.^Looking back, does the two weeks before Nevermind came out seem like a calm before the storm?

His mother gave him a choice: find employment or leave. .After one week, Cobain found his clothes and other belongings packed away in boxes.^I did buy that week's copy of People with Cobain on the cover, largely because I found it a weird place for him to be eulogized.

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[32] Bannished from his mother's home, Cobain often stayed at friends' houses and sneaked into his mother's basement occasionally.[33].Cobain claimed that during periods while homeless, he lived under a bridge over the Wishkah River,[33] an experience that inspired the Nevermind track "Something in the Way". However, Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic said, "He hung out there, but you couldn't live on those muddy banks, with the tides coming up and down.^You couldn't have said it better.

.In late 1986, for the first time, Cobain moved into an apartment and paid his rent by working at a Polynesian coastal resort approximately 20 miles north from Aberdeen.^We just wanted to move into more of a pop world at the time.

[35] During this period, he was traveling more frequently to Olympia, Washington, to observe rock concerts.[36].During his visits to Olympia, Cobain formed a relationship with Tracy Marander, who reportedly was the subject of the song "About a Girl", and is listed in the photo credits on the album Bleach.^Nirvana's debut album, Bleach , showcased the first fruit of Cobain's nascent genius.

.After she had separated from him, Cobain began dating Tobi Vail, an influential DIY punk zinester of the riot grrrl band Bikini Kill.^Immediately the election result was known, the killings began in many separate areas of the country.'

After meeting Vail, Cobain vomited due to being so overwhelmed with anxiety through his infatuation with her. .This would inspire the lyric; "Love you so much it makes me sick," which would appear in the song "Aneurysm".[37] While Cobain would regard Vail as his female counterpart, his relationship with her waned: Cobain desired the maternal comfort of a traditional relationship which Vail regarded as sexist within a countercultural punk rock community.^So it was your friend, the Melvins' Buzz Osborne, who introduced you to punk rock?

.People whom dated Vail would be described by her friend Alice Wheeler as "fashion accessories."^"The nurses, who probably are the most important people in this complex area, were what I would describe as an accurate reflection of many young women in Britain today.

[38] They would spend most of their time as a couple discussing political and philosophical issues. .Cobain's experience of his relationship with Vail would inspire the lyrical content of numerous of the songs on Nevermind.^Anyrate we would have heard alot more awesome songs especially from Kurt he could write lyrics like no other!

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.When discussing topics such as anarchism and punk rock with friend Kathleen Hanna, she once spraypainted "Kurt Smells Like Teen Spirit" on his apartment wall.^After “Smells Like Teen Spirit”, Cobain was referred to as the “spokesman of a generation”.

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.Teen Spirit being the name of a deodorant Vail would wear, that Hanna joked Cobain smelled like.^After “Smells Like Teen Spirit”, Cobain was referred to as the “spokesman of a generation”.

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^When you combine all that with the fact that Nirvana stole all of their material (in particular, "Smells Like Teen Spirit" is a blatant ripoff of the guitar riffs from Boston's "More Than A Feeling") you are left with the conclusion that Nirvana is utter shite.

.He started by learning a few covers, including "Louie Louie" and The Cars' "My Best Friend's Girl", and soon began working on his own songs.^I was always trying to push it on my friends, to try to get them into starting a band with me.

[25].During high school, Cobain rarely found anyone with whom he could play music.^Cam/ron I came home from my junior high school and saw Kurt Loder announce that the "body was confirmed to be that of Kurt Cobain."

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^While other rock guitarists sought to dumbfound their audience with displays of superhuman technical ability, Cobain opted for melodies that his fans could sing and play along with.

Novoselic's mother owned a hair salon and Cobain and Novoselic would occasionally practice in the upstairs room. .A few years later, Cobain tried to convince Novoselic to form a band with him by lending him a copy of a home demo recorded by Cobain's earlier band, Fecal Matter.^Should have happened a few years earlier.

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^I did buy that week's copy of People with Cobain on the cover, largely because I found it a weird place for him to be eulogized.

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^I knew him for at least three years before we started playing seriously in a band together.

.After months of asking, Novoselic finally agreed to join Cobain, forming the beginnings of Nirvana.^Meanwhile, the Associated Press reports that surviving Nirvana members Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl are also unhappy with the use of Cobain’s likeness: .

.Early touring saw Cobain disenchanted, due to the band being unable to draw substantial crowds and difficulty in sustaining themselves.^And by the way, if by Cobain being a snob and not wanting to tour with Gn'R and Metallica we got Faith No More instead, then I consider myself VERY lucky.

.During their first few years playing together, Novoselic and Cobain were hosts to a rotating list of drummers.^First off, that is subjective, second, it's the same BS mentality that makes Cobain in a top 20 list for guitar players.

.Eventually, the band settled on Chad Channing, with whom Nirvana recorded the album Bleach, released on Sub Pop Records in 1989. Cobain, however, became dissatisfied with Channing's style, leading the band to seek out a replacement and eventually settling on Dave Grohl.^The precursor to Nirvana's ascent to musical greatness was the replacement of original drummer Chad Channing with Dave Grohl.

^Back to the top In Your Honor (DualDisc) Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide Released: June 14, 2005 Label: RCA Records Rating: Styles: Alternative Pop/Rock Post-Grunge Alternative/Indie Rock Although it was as big a commercial success as Foo Fighters' three previous albums, 2002's One by One seemed flat and tired, as if their leader, Dave Grohl , had reached a songwriting slump or as if the band had exhausted its possibilities.

.With Grohl, the band found their greatest success via their 1991 major-label debut, Nevermind.^That's one of the positive things about alternative music getting big, that really obscure and noisy bands are being signed to major labels.

.Cobain struggled to reconcile the massive success of Nirvana with his underground roots.^While Nirvana's fans often claim that Nirvana were the antithesis of corporate rock music, Cobain didn't share his followers' disdain of the music industry and he hankered after commercial success.

He also felt persecuted by the media, comparing himself to Frances Farmer. .Then he harbored resentment for people who claimed to be fans of the band but who did not acknowledge or misinterpreted the band's social and political views.^The people who gossip and are concerned about things like that don't like our band.

.A vocal opponent of sexism, racism and homophobia, he was publicly proud that Nirvana had played at a gay rights benefit supporting No-on-Nine in Oregon in 1992, in opposition to Ballot Measure Nine, that if passed would have prohibited schools in the state acknowledging or positively accepting LGBT rights and welfare.^I’m right along with commenter #7 there – I had no idea Brandis passed away – via suicide, for that matter.

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Cobain was a vocal supporter of the pro-choice movement, and had been involved in Rock for Choice from the campaign inception by L7. .He received death threats from a small number of anti-abortion activists for doing so, with one activist threatening that Cobain would be shot as soon as he stepped on stage.^In principle, though, it would still be legitimate to add small amounts of antiseptic (mercuric chloride or something else) or other anti-infection agents.

^Kirk asked Kurt, but while Cobain said he would play with Metallica anywhere in the world, at any time, on any stage, he would not step up on the same stage as Guns N' Roses - obviously he felt that Axl was the antithesis to what he was.

[40].The liner notes from Incesticide declared "if any of you in any way hate homosexuals, people of different color, or women, please do this one favor for us-leave us the fuck alone!^The church is the people of God and as the people of God we trust that God will guide us through every eventuality and we need not fret about the questions you raised.

.Don't come to our shows and don't buy our records". An article from his posthumously released Journals declares that social liberation could be made possible only through the eradication of sexism.^If the sacraments are *ever* efficacious, then there remains the radical possibility that they may be made non-efficacious through some lack or abuse.

Marriage and birth of Frances Bean Cobain

.Courtney Love first saw Cobain perform in 1989 at a show in Portland, Oregon; they talked briefly after the show and Love developed a crush on him.^Courtney made her first public appearance after his death at our show.

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^They played all of the slow jams and I think it was the best show I ever saw them play.

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[41] Cobain was already aware of Love through her role in the 1987 film Straight to Hell. .According to journalist Everett True, the pair were formally introduced at an L7 and Butthole Surfers concert in Los Angeles in May 1991.[42] In the weeks that followed, after learning from Dave Grohl that she and Cobain shared mutual interests, Love began pursuing Cobain.^Meanwhile, the Associated Press reports that surviving Nirvana members Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl are also unhappy with the use of Cobain’s likeness: .

In the fall of 1991 the two were often together and bonded through drug use.[43]

Marriage

.Around the time of Nirvana's 1992 performance on Saturday Night Live, Love discovered that she was pregnant with Cobain's child.^We each smoked a cigarette, talked a little about Nirvana, and then I went back inside and moped around well into the night.

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^It was around this time that I discovered the French Republican Calendar.

.On February 24, 1992, a few days after the conclusion of Nirvana's Pacific Rim tour, Cobain and Love were married on Waikiki Beach in Hawaii.^Married with Courtney Love from 24 February 1992 until his death.

.Cobain attended the ceremony wearing his pajamas, and Love wore a dress that had once belonged to Frances Farmer.^The Pulse of Radio reports that a smashed guitar that once belonged to late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain was sold for $100,000, according to the Associated Press .

.Weeks later, Cobain noted "In the last couple months I've gotten engaged and my attitude has changed drastically," in an interview with Sassy Magazine.^"And a couple of weeks later, another group gathered in a Berlin hotel.

"I can't believe how much happier I am. At times I even forget that I'm in a band, I'm so blinded by love. I know that sounds embarrassing, but it's true. .I could give up the band right now.^Except for R.E.M. and, I mean, they totally deserve to be on top 40, but I really can't think of any bands that are on top 40 right now that I like, personally.

Frances Bean Cobain and custody battle

.In a 1992 article in Vanity Fair, Love admitted to using heroin while unknowingly pregnant.^Is the trouble with the public caused by the Vanity Fair article claiming you and Courtney were using drugs during her pregnancy a closed chapter now?

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Love claimed that Vanity Fair had misquoted her,[45] but the event created controversy for the couple. .While Cobain and Love's romance had always been a media attraction, they found themselves hounded by tabloid reporters after the article was published, many wanting to know if Frances was addicted to drugs at birth.^They always know what's hot and new.

^He led the investigators to the car, in which they found a copy of the Koran and a flight manual in Arabic (Flight manuals are 'always' in English), showing that these were the fundamentalists who had hijacked the planes.

[46] Two-week-old Frances Bean Cobain was ordered by the judge to be taken from their custody and placed with Courtney's sister Jamie for several weeks, after which the couple obtained custody in an exchange agreement to submit to urine tests and regular visits from a social worker. After months of legal wrangling, the couple were eventually granted full custody of their daughter.

Substance abuse and health

.Throughout most of his life, Cobain suffered from chronic bronchitis and intense physical pain due to an undiagnosed chronic stomach condition.^A European human rights report found that British army techniques amounted to "inhuman and degrading treatment" causing "at least intense physical and mental suffering".

[47].His first drug experience was with marijuana in 1980 at age 13, and he regularly used the drug during adulthood.^Is the trouble with the public caused by the Vanity Fair article claiming you and Courtney were using drugs during her pregnancy a closed chapter now?

[48].Cobain also had a period of consuming "notable" amounts of LSD, as observed by Tracy Marander,[49] and "really into getting fucked up: drugs, acid, any kind of drug", observed Krist Novoselic; Cobain was also prone to alcoholism and solvent abuse.^Meanwhile, the Associated Press reports that surviving Nirvana members Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl are also unhappy with the use of Cobain’s likeness: .

^And that's as key to the record's success as Cobain 's songwriting, since Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl help turn this into music that is gripping, powerful, and even fun (and, really, there's no other way to characterize "Territorial Pissings" or the surging "Breed").

.She also brought attention to the history of suicide, mental illness and alcoholism in the Cobain family, noting two of her uncles who had committed suicide with guns.^Infused with money from Courtney Love, the widow of rock star Curt Cobain, who committed suicide, the organization signed on numerous, high-profile, celebrities, and business people, to their advisory panel.

Stomach condition

Cobain's stomach condition was emotionally debilitating to him, and he intermittently tried to find its cause, usually at the insistence of Love. None of the many doctors he consulted were able to pinpoint the specific cause. .He suffered from self consciousness and poor body image due to his low body weight, which was due to malnourishment caused by his stomach condition, or poor diet (as attributed by numerous doctors), or both.^He makes a tincture of the roots and uses it to ease cramping, spasmodic coughing and other conditions which cause the body to twitch and shakes.

Substance abuse

.Cobain's first experience with heroin occurred sometime in 1986, administered to him by a local drug dealer in Tacoma, Washington who had previously been supplying him with Percodan.^And when I walk down the neighboring street, I often think of Curt Cobain who almost died in a car on this street after scoring some heroin nearby.

^On 8 April, Cobain’s body was discovered at his Lake Washington home by an electrician who had arrived to install a security system.

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[51] He used heroin sporadically for several years, but, by the end of 1990, his use developed into a full-fledged addiction. Cobain claimed that he was "determined to get a habit" as a way to self-medicate his stomach condition. ."It started with three days in a row of doing heroin and I don't have a stomach pain.^Over the next three days, his condition steadily worsened and witnesses reported that he died in a convulsive state of severe pain—symptoms which are consistent with strychnine poisoning.

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.One memorable example came the day of the band's 1992 performance on Saturday Night Live, where Nirvana had a photographic session with photographer Michael Levine.^I postulate that liking, for example, Nirvana would make one more appreciative of Mozart.

Having taken heroin beforehand, Cobain fell asleep several times during the shoot. Cobain divulged to biographer Michael Azerrad, "I mean, what are they supposed to do? They're not going to be able to tell me to stop. So I really didn't care. Obviously to them it was like practicing witchcraft or something. .They didn't know anything about it so they thought that any second, I was going to die."^I didn't know Jeffrey Dahmer personally but I heard some things about him.

Rehabilitation

As the years progressed, Cobain's heroin addiction worsened. .His first attempt at rehab was made in early 1992, not long after he and Love discovered they were going to become parents.^When someone becomes a member they go through a ritual which involves lying in a coffin and drinking blood.

Immediately after leaving rehab, Nirvana embarked on their Australian tour, with Cobain appearing pale and gaunt while suffering through withdrawals. Not long after returning home, Cobain's heroin use resumed.

Overdose and revival

.Prior to a performance at the New Music Seminar in New York City in July 1993, Cobain suffered a heroin overdose.^New York City .

.Rather than calling for an ambulance, Love injected Cobain with Narcan to bring him out of his unconscious state.^It is more likely that Cobain's unfortunate suicide was simply a cry for help rather than an attempt to prove to his followers that he was " for real ".

.Cobain proceeded to perform with Nirvana, giving the public no indication that anything out of the ordinary had taken place.^If Kurt Cobain, as a well-know public figure, had no rights in his own likeness as you suggest, then why would Activision have sought a license agreement in the first place?

Death

Following a tour stop at Terminal Eins in Munich, Germany, on March 1, 1994, Cobain was diagnosed with bronchitis and severe laryngitis. He flew to Rome the next day for medical treatment, and was joined there by his wife on March 3. The next morning, Love awoke to find that Cobain had overdosed on a combination of champagne and Rohypnol. Cobain was immediately rushed to the hospital, and spent the rest of the day unconscious. After five days in the hospital, Cobain was released and returned to Seattle.[6].Love later stated that the incident was Cobain's first suicide attempt.^It is more likely that Cobain's unfortunate suicide was simply a cry for help rather than an attempt to prove to his followers that he was " for real ".

On March 18, Love phoned police to inform them that Cobain was suicidal and had locked himself in a room with a gun. .Police arrived and confiscated several guns and a bottle of pills from Cobain, who insisted that he was not suicidal and had locked himself in the room to hide from Love.^Infused with money from Courtney Love, the widow of rock star Curt Cobain, who committed suicide, the organization signed on numerous, high-profile, celebrities, and business people, to their advisory panel.

.When questioned by police, Love said that Cobain had never mentioned that he was suicidal and that she had not seen him with a gun.^Top terror recruiter found guilty ) Brown said MI5 approached him after police had charged him and had offered him a deal.

.Love arranged an intervention concerning Cobain's drug use that took place on March 25. The ten people involved included musician friends, record company executives, and one of Cobain's closest friends, Dylan Carlson.^One can speculate that they took the baby for some perverted use....

The intervention was initially unsuccessful, with an angry Cobain insulting and heaping scorn on its participants and eventually locking himself in the upstairs bedroom. However, by the end of the day, Cobain had agreed to undergo a detox program.[57].Cobain arrived at the Exodus Recovery Center in Los Angeles, California on March 30. The staff at the facility were unaware of Cobain's history of depression and prior attempts at suicide.^Los Angeles, California 90053 .

.He spent the day talking to counselors about his drug abuse and personal problems, and happily played with his visiting daughter Frances, the last she would ever see of her father.^I couldn't give a shit about Courtney Love, but this is Frances' last link with her father, and she deserves that back.

The following night, Cobain walked outside to have a cigarette, then climbed over a six-foot-high fence to leave the facility (of which he joked of earlier in the day to be a stupid feat to attempt). He took a taxi to Los Angeles Airport and flew back to Seattle, on a flight where he sat next to Duff McKagan of Guns N' Roses. .Even after the prior animosity from Nirvana to Guns N' Roses, and Cobain's own personal animosity to Axl Rose, Cobain "seemed happy" to see McKagan.^Axl Rose was a big fan of Nirvana.

.McKagan would later say that he knew from "all of my instincts that something was wrong."^I would also add some of the words of Jesus on this subject, as it seems they have been mis-represented by our religious leaders, for all too long now: .

^"I said I'd already spoken to the police about it and she said 'well I know that' but if they speak to you again, certainly about the remains it would be in my best interests to say: 'I've told you all I know and keep a low profile'."

[58] Over the course of April 2 and April 3, Cobain was spotted in various locations around Seattle, but most of his friends and family were unaware of his whereabouts. He was not seen on April 4. On April 3, Love contacted a private investigator, Tom Grant, and hired him to find Cobain. .On April 7, amid rumors Nirvana was going to break up, the band pulled out of that year's Lollapalooza music festival.^They put out a great album for that decade, it happened to be right when the Hair Bands were ready to fall & Nirvana happened right at the perfect time.

.Apart from a minor amount of blood coming out of Cobain's ear, the electrician reported seeing no visible signs of trauma, and initially believed that Cobain was asleep until he saw the shotgun pointing at his chin.^I n the WTC 1 basement he heard an explosion below him; then the plane crashed above him seconds later; then he saw a severely burnt man come out of a basement elevator.

.A suicide note was found, addressed to Cobain's childhood imaginary friend "Boddah", that said in part, "I haven't felt the excitement of listening to as well as creating music, along with really writing .^Many Nirvana fans saw Cobain's suicide as a validation of his music, a misconception which was fueled by the suicide note .

. . for too many years now". A high concentration of heroin and traces of Valium were also found in his body. Cobain's body had been lying there for days; the coroner's report estimated Cobain to have died on April 5, 1994.[59]

A public vigil was held for Cobain on April 10 at a park at Seattle Center which drew approximately seven thousand mourners.[60].Prerecorded messages by Krist Novoselic and Courtney Love were played at the memorial.^I'm not going to ding Courtney Love for using her husband's songs and memory for monetary gain.

Love read portions of Cobain's suicide note to the crowd and broke down, crying and chastising Cobain. .Near the end of the vigil, Love arrived at the park and distributed some of Cobain's clothing to those who still remained.^And when I walk down the neighboring street, I often think of Curt Cobain who almost died in a car on this street after scoring some heroin nearby.

[61].Dave Grohl would say that the news of Cobain's death was "probably the worst thing that has happened to me in my life.^In her book 'The Intimate Life and Death of Elvis' she says that Elvis had sexual encounters with men and that he had an affair with Nick Adams.

I remember the day after that I woke up and I was heartbroken that he was gone. .I just felt like, 'Okay, so I get to wake up today and have another day and he doesn't.'"^But then, Perez Hilton reckons that cos Courtneys all drugged up (not on like heroin, like replacemtnets) she just lost them :/ .

.While also believing that he knew that Cobain would die at an early age, saying that "sometimes you just can't save someone from themselves", and "in some ways, you kind of prepare yourself emotionally for that to be a reality."^Frankly, I'd be surprised if the Church has a direct teaching on this, which would mean that the faithful may be permitted to believe either way as long as they understand that such belief is just a personal one -- not a matter of faith and not confirmed by the Church.

.Cobain also noted the influence of the Pixies, and commented that "Smells Like Teen Spirit" bore some similarities to their sound.^When you combine all that with the fact that Nirvana stole all of their material (in particular, "Smells Like Teen Spirit" is a blatant ripoff of the guitar riffs from Boston's "More Than A Feeling") you are left with the conclusion that Nirvana is utter shite.

In a 1994 interview with Rolling Stone he explained:[63] "I was trying to write the ultimate pop song. I was basically trying to rip off the Pixies. I have to admit it. When I heard the Pixies for the first time, I connected with that band so heavily that I should have been in that band— or at least a Pixies cover band. We used their sense of dynamics, being soft and quiet and then loud and hard." .Cobain told Melody Maker in 1992 that hearing Surfer Rosa for the first time convinced him to abandon his more Black Flag-influenced songwriting in favor of the "Iggy Pop / Aerosmith" type songwriting that appeared on Nevermind.^However, Kurt Cobain remains a pop songwriter, and the melodies don't get buried under Steve Albini 's sonic assault, as "Heart-Shaped Box" and "Pennyroyal Tea" prove.

.When given the opportunity to meet Pixies lead singer and guitarist Black Francis by Pixies manager Ken Goes, Cobain refused, being too subdued with nervousness and admiration of Francis to do so.^Real Name: Kurt Donald Cobain Profile: *20 Februar 1967 in Aberdeen, Washington, USA †5 April 1994 in Seattle, Washington, USA US-American musician, best known as the lead singer, guitarist and songwriter of Nirvana .

Goes described Cobain as not "so much of a fan; He was a student of the band. He obviously had a massive amount of respect for what they were doing. He went on and on about it".[65]

.Neil Young's profound influence on Cobain and other grunge musicians has caused him to be labeled as "the Godfather of Grunge". Cobain quoted Young's song "Hey Hey, My My" in his suicide note, stating "It's better to burn out than to fade away". Young had reportedly made repeated attempts to contact Cobain prior to his death.^Many Nirvana fans saw Cobain's suicide as a validation of his music, a misconception which was fueled by the suicide note .

[66].The emotional impact of his death would influence Young to dedicate his 1994 album Sleeps with Angels to Cobain.^Grohl's debut album Foo Fighters , released after Cobain's death, demonstrated that Kurt was not the sole talent within Nirvana.

.The Beatles were an early and important musical influence on Cobain.^These findings suggest that influences linked to early fetal and placental growth have an important effect on the risk of coronary heart disease and stroke.

Cobain expressed a particular fondness for John Lennon, whom he called his "idol" in his journals. Cobain once related that he wrote "About a Girl" after spending three hours listening to Meet The Beatles!.[67].He was heavily influenced by punk rock and hardcore punk, and often credited bands such as Black Flag, Big Black and the Sex Pistols for his artistic style and attitude.^The private buyer of the Fender Mustang was not named, while the seller was identified as a punk rock musician named Sluggo from New York bands HULLABALOO and the GRANNIES .

Cobain was a devoted champion of early alternative rock acts such as R.E.M. and Sonic Youth. .His interest in the underground started when Buzz Osborne of the Melvins let him borrow a tape with songs by punk bands such as Black Flag, Flipper, and Millions of Dead Cops.^It is indeed interesting that they played The Clash prior to the start of the show, unless that was just what the house music was, and was not controlled by the band (I have no idea).

.He would often make reference to his favorite bands in interviews, often placing a greater importance on the eclectic range of bands and performers that influenced him than on his own music of which he dismissed the integrity and rigour of.^Nothing makes you look more stupid than projecting your own limitations onto your interlocutor.

^While he was alive, Cobain's angst-laden soul-baring lyrics, together with the uncompromising aural assault of his music, struck a chord with the disaffected youth of Generation X and earned Nirvana considerable critical and commercial success.

.The band submitted the song "Oh, the Guilt" to a split single with Chicago's The Jesus Lizard, helping Nirvana's indie credibility while opening The Jesus Lizard to a wider audience.^Submitted by MrKlorox - September 11, 2009 at 9:54 pm -0500 To me it seems she is implying she signed off on the likeness, but she thought it was for only the Nirvana songs.

.While touring the United Kingdom, Cobain went into the Rough Trade Shop on Portobello Road, London in search of a new copy of The Raincoats by the band of the same name.^The private buyer of the Fender Mustang was not named, while the seller was identified as a punk rock musician named Sluggo from New York bands HULLABALOO and the GRANNIES .

Jude Crighton sent him round the corner to see Ana da Silva, a member of the band, at her cousin's antique shop. Cobain wrote passionately about this meeting in the liner notes of Incesticide. .In late 1993 Rough Trade and DGC Records released the three albums by the band with liner notes by Cobain and Kim Gordon.^Grohl's debut album Foo Fighters , released after Cobain's death, demonstrated that Kurt was not the sole talent within Nirvana.

.Even with Cobain's loyalism of promoting indie and underground artists while criticizing mainstream music, Nirvana's early style was influenced by many of the major rock bands of the 1970s, including Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Black Sabbath, Queen, and Kiss.^Bands like Sonic Youth and the Jesus and Mary Chain were making the best music of their careers, and Nirvana was ready to take all that energy which was hidden from so many and channel it direcly to the more accessible areas which they hit.

^While he was alive, Cobain's angst-laden soul-baring lyrics, together with the uncompromising aural assault of his music, struck a chord with the disaffected youth of Generation X and earned Nirvana considerable critical and commercial success.

.In its early days, Nirvana made a habit of regularly playing cover songs by those bands, including Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song", "Dazed and Confused", "Heartbreaker", Black Sabbath's "Hand of Doom" and made a studio recording of Kiss' "Do You Love Me?". Cobain also talked about the influence of bands like The Knack, Boston, and The Bay City Rollers.^In the same way that bands such as the Bay City Rollers developed an affinity with their audience by choosing fashions that their teenage followers could imitate, Cobain wrote guitar solos that his fans would wish to emulate .

^When you combine all that with the fact that Nirvana stole all of their material (in particular, "Smells Like Teen Spirit" is a blatant ripoff of the guitar riffs from Boston's "More Than A Feeling") you are left with the conclusion that Nirvana is utter shite.

.As well as new wave bands such as Blondie and Devo, recording a of cover Devo's "Turnaround" and a faster tempoed version of "Polly" labelled "(New Wave) Polly", during their BBC sessions with John Peel, both of which would appear on Incesticide.^Now there would appear to be a plot by the 'Zionist' BBC and the 'Zionist' Murdoch press to use Dr William's sharia comments to punish Dr Williams and possibly get him sacked.

^The relative ease with which the clues have been uncovered and what would appear to be obvious mistakes on the part of the suspects, such as holding on to 'dirty' credit cards, are inconsistent with the near perfect planning and execution before and during the attack....

And post-punk bands such as Killing Joke and Public Image Ltd. .In his Journals, Cobain noted the similarity of the main riff of "Come As You Are" from Nevermind, to that of Killing Joke's song "Eighties". The band themselves would notice the similarity, and would controversially sue Cobain for plagiarizing the riff, even though Cobain and Nirvana would deny doing so at the time.^Even though her personal life has been a train wreck, she has been praised many times for her handling of the estate.

The lawsuit was dropped after the death of Cobain. Dave Grohl would later play drums for the band on their self-titled album in 2003.[71][72]

.Nirvana's MTV Unplugged concert ended with a version of "Where Did You Sleep Last Night", a song popularized by blues artist Lead Belly, whom Cobain called his favorite performer.^While Love’s main gripe seems to be the appearance of Cobain’s character model and a feature that allows it to perform other artist’s songs, Activision Vice President Tim Riley told The Guardian that she was very cooperative in the creation of the game: .

.Cobain was offered a chance to buy his guitar from the Lead Belly estate for $500,000, although this figure may have been exaggerated, and personally asked David Geffen to buy the guitar for him.^(I personally added this Web Address, and there is a chance it may not be correct.

Cobain also made efforts to include his favorite performers in his musical endeavors. .At the 1991 Reading Festival, Eugene Kelly of the Vaselines joined Nirvana onstage for a duet of "Molly's Lips", which Cobain would later proclaim to be one of the greatest moments of his life.^Live Reading Festival - August 1991 (LP) .

[73] In 1993, when he decided that he wanted a second guitarist to help him on stage, he recruited Pat Smear of the legendary L.A. punk band The Germs. .When rehearsals of three Meat Puppets covers for Nirvana's 1993 performance for MTV Unplugged went awry, Cobain placed a call to the two lead members of the band, Curt and Cris Kirkwood, who ended up joining the band on stage to perform the songs.^Two of the soldiers arrested 'head up the battalion's crack Reconnaissance Platoon, who deal closely with Army intelligence.'

Shortly before his death, Cobain was planning to begin a writing and recording collaboration with his friend, R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe. Stipe has stated that Cobain quit the project at the very last minute, with a chauffeur, plane ticket, studio and recording equipment arranged for him. Stipe has stated belief that Cobain's future work would have been "very quiet and acoustic, with lots of stringed instruments. .It was going to be an amazing fucking record, and I’m a little bit angry at him for killing himself."^Imagine a Diana and Dodi who might have known a little bit too much about certain murky goings-on.

R.E.M. would write and record the song "Let Me In" in tribute to Cobain, which would appear on the band's 1994 album, Monster. Stipe was later chosen as the godfather of Cobain's daughter Frances Bean.[74]

Lyricial and artistic content

.Dave Grohl would say Cobain believed that "Music comes first, lyrics come second", and that above all Cobain focused on the melodies of his songs.^Meanwhile, the Associated Press reports that surviving Nirvana members Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl are also unhappy with the use of Cobain’s likeness: .

[75] Cobain would complain when fans and rock journalists attempted to decipher his singing and extract meaning from his lyrics, writing "Why in the hell do journalists insist on coming up with a second-rate Freudian evaluation of my lyrics, when 90 percent of the time they've transcribed them incorrectly?"[76] While Cobain would insist of the subjectivity and unimportance of his lyrics, he was known to labour and procrastinate in writing them, as well as changing their content and order during performances.[77] Cobain would describe his lyrics himself as "a big pile of contradictions. They're split down the middle between very sincere opinions that I have and sarcastic opinions and feelings that I have and sarcastic and hopeful, humorous rebuttals toward cliché bohemian ideals that have been exhausted for years."[78]

Cobain had originally wanted for Nevermind to be divided into two sides. .A "Boy"-side, for the songs written about his the experiences of his early life and childhood, and a "Girl"-side, for the songs written about his dysfunctional relationship with Tobi Vail.^Elford, J., Whincup, P. and Shaper, A. G. (1991) Early life experience and adult cardiovascular disease: longitudinal and case-control studies.

[79].Charles R. Cross would write "In the four months following their break-up, Kurt would write a half dozen of his most memorable songs, all of them about Tobi Vail". Though "Lithium" had been written before Cobain knew Vail, the lyrics of the song were changed to reference her.^If Kurt Cobain 's writing occasionally recalled John Lennon , Dave Grohl 's songs are reminiscent of Paul McCartney -- they're driven by large, instantly memorable melodies, whether it's the joyous outburst of "This Is a Call" or the gentle pop of "Big Me."

[80] Cobain would say in an interview with Musician that "some of my very personal experiences, like breaking up with girlfriends and having bad relationships, feeling that death void that the person in the song is feeling–very lonely, sick."[81] While Cobain would regard In Utero "for the most part very impersonal",[82] he would on the album deal with the childhood divorce of his parents, his newfound name and the public image and perception of himself and Courtney Love on "Serve the Servants", his enamoured relationship with Love, conveyed through lyrical themes of pregnancy and the female anatomy on "Heart-Shaped Box". Cobain wrote "Rape Me" not only as objective discussion of rape, but a metaphorical protest against his treatment by the media. Along with drug addiction and abortion on "Pennyroyal Tea" and women's rights and the life of Frances Farmer on "Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle".

.Cobain was affected enough to write the song "Polly" from Nevermind, after reading a newspaper story of an incident in 1987, where a young girl was kidnapped after attending a punk rock show, then raped and tortured with a blowtorch.^In 1989, Dutroux was sentenced to 13 years in jail for kidnapping and raping young girls.

Only managing to escape after gaining the trust of her captor through flirting with him.[83].After seeing Nirvana perform, Bob Dylan would cite "Polly" as the best of Nirvana's songs, and was quoted as saying about Cobain that, "the kid has heart".[84]Patrick Süskind, whose novel Perfume: The Story of a Murderer inspired Cobain to write the song "Scentless Apprentice" from In Utero.^"I said I'd already spoken to the police about it and she said 'well I know that' but if they speak to you again, certainly about the remains it would be in my best interests to say: 'I've told you all I know and keep a low profile'."

A historical horror novel about a perfumer's apprentice born with no body odor of his own but with a highly developed sense of smell, and who attempts to create the "ultimate perfume" by killing virgin women and taking their scent.[85]

Cobain immersed himself in artistic projects throughout his life, just as much as he did in songwriting. The sentiments of his work followed the same subjects of his lyrics, often expressed through his own dark and macabre sense of humour; noted was his fascination with physiology, his own and rare medical conditions, and the human anatomy. Often unable to afford artistic resources, Cobain would improvise with materials, painting on board games and album sleeves, and painting with an array of substances, including his own bodily fluids. .The artwork seen in his Journals would later draw acclaim as being of a high artistic standard.^"And if you were about to perpetrate one of the biggest terrorist outrages the world has ever seen, would you draw attention to yourself by arguing in a car park?"

Numerous of Cobain's paintings, collages and sculptures would appear in the artwork of many of Nirvana's albums; as well as his artistic concepts which would feature notably in their music videos, the production and direction of which were acrimonious due to Cobain's artistic perfectionism of his visions.

.Cobain would contribute backing guitar for a spoken word recording of beat poet William S. Burroughs' entitled "the "Priest" they called him".[86] Cobain regarded Burroughs as a hero, and among his few possessions during Nirvana's European tour was a copy of Burroughs' Naked Lunch, purchased in a London bookstall.^For the record this Guitar Hero [expletive] is breach of contract on a Bullys part and there will be a proper addressing of this and retraction.

[87] Ana Finel-Honigman, in her introduction to an interview with artist Stella Vine on the Saatchi Gallery website, described Vine's art as bitterly honest in the same way Cobain's songs were about "acid outrage over adult lies and injustice", Holden Caulfield's observations about "a world filled with phonies", and Sylvia Plath's poetry an "over-heated anger and bitterness at the world's betrayals".[88]

Legacy

The bench in Viretta Park has become a notable memorial to Cobain.

In 2005, a sign was put up in Aberdeen, Washington that reads "Welcome to Aberdeen - Come As You Are" as a tribute to Cobain.

.In the years following his death, Cobain has been remembered as one of the most iconic rock musicians in the history of alternative music.^Frontline India ( Action replay ) commented: "Yet, no action has followed one of the most explosive news investigations in India.

.He was ranked by Rolling Stone as the 12th greatest guitarist and 45th greatest singer of all time,[89][90] and by MTV as 7th in the "22 Greatest Voices in Music".[91] In 2006, he was placed at number twenty by Hit Parader on their list of the "100 Greatest Metal Singers of All Time".[92].^All Time Low To Perform On MTV's It's On With Alexa Chung .

.In 2005, a sign was put up in Aberdeen, Washington that read "Welcome to Aberdeen — Come As You Are" as a tribute to Cobain.^APPROVE this sh*t, they are doing a recall you can be sure of that… wait til you see what my lovely lawyer has cooked up, i never ever signed off on this.

.As Cobain has no gravesite (he was cremated, with his ashes scattered into the Wishkah River in Washington),[93] many Nirvana fans visit Viretta Park, near Cobain's former Lake Washington home, to pay tribute.^Former Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain's ashes have been stolen from the home of his widow Courtney Love.

On the anniversary of his death, fans gather in the park to celebrate his life and memory.

.In mid-2006, Cobain took the place of Elvis Presley as the top-earning deceased celebrity, after the sale of the Nirvana song catalogue.^There has been speculation that the CIA has used its MKULTRA brainwashing on many celebrities, including Madonna, Curt Cobain, Britney Spears and Elvis.

Controversy erupted in July 2009 when a monument to Cobain in Aberdeen along the Wishkah River included the quote "Drugs Are Bad For You ... .They Will Fuck You Up."^APPROVE this sh*t, they are doing a recall you can be sure of that… wait til you see what my lovely lawyer has cooked up, i never ever signed off on this.

The city ultimately decided to sandblast the monument to say "F---",[95] but fans immediately drew the letters back in.[96] The monument and bridge have become popular places for fans to leave tributes.

Gus Van Sant based his 2005 movie Last Days on what might have happened in the final hours of Cobain's life. .In January 2007, Courtney Love began to shop the biography Heavier Than Heaven to various movie studios in Hollywood to turn the book into an A-list feature film about Cobain and Nirvana.^But even if they were (and I doubt it), why the hell would I care what Courtney Love thinks about it if she thinks the only place reporting on it that'll matter is her fucking Twitter?

.The video game Guitar Hero 5 features Cobain as a playable character.^September 11, 2009 Video game blogs and message boards have been debating the appropriateness of Kurt Cobain’s posthumous inclusion as a playable character in the recently released Guitar Hero 5.

^Activision defended itself in a statement released Thursday, saying that it “ secured the necessary licensing rights from the Cobain estate in a written agreement signed by Courtney Love to use Kurt Cobain’s likeness as a fully playable character in Guitar Hero 5 .” .

^While Love’s main gripe seems to be the appearance of Cobain’s character model and a feature that allows it to perform other artist’s songs, Activision Vice President Tim Riley told The Guardian that she was very cooperative in the creation of the game: .

[97].However, the inclusion of Cobain has met with controversy, with surviving bandmates Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl and wife Courtney Love expressing dismay at the ability to use Cobain with any song.^Meanwhile, the Associated Press reports that surviving Nirvana members Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl are also unhappy with the use of Cobain’s likeness: .

^Cobain feebly reached for the microphone to croak out the opening lines of "The Rose," only to collapse onto the stage, milking the drama for a moment before leading Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl through a ferocious "Breed."

Books and films on Cobain

.Prior to Cobain's death, writer Michael Azerrad published Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana, a book that chronicled Nirvana's career from its beginning, as well as the personal histories of the band members.^Meanwhile, the Associated Press reports that surviving Nirvana members Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl are also unhappy with the use of Cobain’s likeness: .

The book explored Cobain's drug addiction, as well as the countless controversies surrounding the band. After Cobain's death, Azerrad re-published the book to include a final chapter discussing the last year of Cobain's life. The book is notable for its involvement of the band members themselves, who gave interviews and personal information to Azerrad specifically for the book. .In 2006, Azerrad's taped conversations with Cobain were transformed into a documentary about Cobain, titled Kurt Cobain About a Son.^McMurray said, "It's a really cool-looking guitar because it's smashed and held together with duct tape and Kurt Cobain wrote on it."

.Though this film does not feature any music by Nirvana, it has songs by the artists that inspired Cobain.^While Love’s main gripe seems to be the appearance of Cobain’s character model and a feature that allows it to perform other artist’s songs, Activision Vice President Tim Riley told The Guardian that she was very cooperative in the creation of the game: .

.In the 1998 documentary Kurt & Courtney, filmmaker Nick Broomfield investigated Tom Grant's claim that Cobain was actually murdered, and took a film crew to visit a number of people associated with Cobain and Love, including Love's father, Cobain's aunt, and one of the couple's former nannies.^Courtney Love controls Kurt's estate.

^Infused with money from Courtney Love, the widow of rock star Curt Cobain, who committed suicide, the organization signed on numerous, high-profile, celebrities, and business people, to their advisory panel.

.Broomfield also spoke to Mentors bandleader Eldon "El Duce" Hoke, who claimed that Love had offered him $50,000 to kill Cobain.^One of the men who was starved to death, Walter Bergmann, had offered to spy for the British, and fell under suspicion because he spoke Russian.

.Although Hoke claimed that he knew who killed Cobain, he failed to mention a name, and offered no evidence to support his assertion.^He happened to be staying at the apartment of Sluggo , who offered one of his guitars in exchange for the smashed one, also asking Cobain to sign it.

Broomfield inadvertently captured Hoke's last interview, as he died days later, reportedly hit by a train while drunk. In the end, however, Broomfield felt he hadn't uncovered enough evidence to conclude the existence of a conspiracy. In a 1998 interview, Broomfield summed it up by saying,

"I think that he committed suicide. .I don't think that there's a smoking gun.^I'm sure (heck, I know) there are amnios that are done for morally illicit reasons, but I don't think all are.

.And I think there's only one way you can explain a lot of things around his death.^Actually, you could not: I have seen lots of things being run, but after a week, I could not tell you who was in charge.

Not that he was murdered, but that there was just a lack of caring for him. I just think that Courtney had moved on, and he was expendable."[99]

Journalists Ian Halperin and Max Wallace took a similar path and attempted to investigate the conspiracy for themselves. .Their initial work, the 1999 book Who Killed Kurt Cobain? argued that, while there wasn't enough evidence to prove a conspiracy, there was more than enough to demand that the case be reopened.^There is enough evidence to prove otherwise as well… .

[100] A notable element of the book included their discussions with Grant, who had taped nearly every conversation that he had undertaken while he was in Love's employ. .Over the next several years, Halperin and Wallace collaborated with Grant to write a second book, 2004's Love and Death: The Murder of Kurt Cobain.^Over several years, Reinado travelled to Australia to receive military training from the Australian Defence Force , studying defence management in October 2003 and emergency management in August 2004.

In 2001, writer Charles R. Cross published a biography of Cobain titled Heavier Than Heaven. .For the book, Cross conducted over 400 interviews, and was given access by Courtney Love to Cobain's journals, lyrics, and diaries.^Former Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain's ashes have been stolen from the home of his widow Courtney Love.

[101] Cross' biography was met with criticism and controversy, including allegations of Cross accepting secondhand (and incorrect) information as fact.[102].Friend Everett True, who derided the book as being inaccurate, omissive, and highly biased; he said Heavier than Heaven was "the Courtney-sanctioned version of history"[103] or, alternatively, Cross's “Oh, I think I need to find the new Bruce Springsteen now” Kurt Cobain book.^Kurt Cobain is a legend who everyone misses, and to steal his ashes is despicable.

[104] However, beyond the criticism, the book contained many details about Cobain and Nirvana's career that had otherwise gone unnoted. Additionally, in 2008 Cross published Cobain Unseen: Mosaic of an Artist, a compilation of annotated photographs of and creations and writings by Cobain throughout his life and career.[105] In 2002, a sampling of Cobain's writings was published as Journals. The book is 280 pages with a simple black cover; the pages are arranged somewhat chronologically (although Cobain generally did not date them). The journal pages are reproduced in color, and there is a section added at the back that has explanations and transcripts of some of the less legible pages. The writings begin in the late 1980s and were continued until his death. A paperback version of the book, released in 2003, included a handful of writings that were not offered in the initial release. .In the journals, Cobain talked about the ups and downs of life on the road, made lists of what music he was enjoying, and often scribbled down lyric ideas for future reference.^Kurt Cobain's ashes and she heard us talking about it and decided to get rid of them....

Upon its release, reviewers and fans were conflicted about the collection. .Many were elated to be able to learn more about Cobain and read his inner thoughts in his own words, but were disturbed by what was viewed as an invasion of his privacy.^The UK government would also like UK sixth-formers to learn about the British military interventions which have led to the deaths of many innocent civilians around the world.

.In 2003, Omnibus Press released Godspeed: The Kurt Cobain Graphic.^The Pulse of Radio reports that a smashed guitar that once belonged to late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain was sold for $100,000, according to the Associated Press .

It was written by Jim McCarthy and Barnaby Legg with illustrations by Flameboy. It depicts Cobain's life, but is not a factual biography. Rather, it uses artistic license to tell Cobain's story from his own point of view.

In 2009, ECW Press released a book titled Grunge is Dead: The Oral History of Seattle Rock Music. .It was written by Greg Prato, and features large portions about Nirvana and Kurt Cobain's life and death (including new interviews with bandmates and friends), as well as exploring the history of grunge in great detail.^Former Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain's ashes have been stolen from the home of his widow Courtney Love.

With the lights out, it's less dangerous
Here we are now, entertain us
I feel stupid, and contagious
Here we are now, entertain us.

^Did the moshing kids -- and the moshpit at a Nirvana concert had a churning ferocity -- see themselves in the chant: "With the lights out, it's less dangerous/Here we are now, entertain us/I feel stupid and contagious"?

^The production and vocals are on to top form here, complete with a visually stunning video (based on Kurt's dreams, apparently) and some genius lyrics such as, "Throw down your umbilical noose so I can climb right back."

^"I miss the comfort in being sad," Kurt Cobain grovels harshly on the excellent mid-tempo rocker, "Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle," a sparse and raw tune that typifies the overall sound of "In Utero."

^He hated his success , this was the reason he killed himself (although some paranoid folk , including me, will tell you it's murder ) and was shown in many interviews and documented in songs such as In Bloom and Radio Friendly Unit Shifter .

^'On a plain', 'Radio Friendly Unit Shifter', 'Rape Me', and 'Stay Away', for example) I must be a fruit because I actually liked In Utero when it was released (the only other Nirvana album I'd heard at the time was Nevermind).

.Remember that really evil episode where...he was really mad at this
kid, and he had all these visions of how he was going to...^So I hooked up with these two young kids who had recording equipment and musical know-how, Alex and Gannon.

.Sold Out!!">Nirvana: Live!^In January 1992, Nirvana appeared on Saturday Night Live and their albums sold in the millions.

Tonight! Sold
Out! (1994)

They (Extreme) surround themselves with
these professional, dickhead, commercial rock and roll guys...when
they show up at an airport, their manager runs ahead of them and
yells at the people greeting them, 'No video!

^They ( Extreme ) surround themselves with these professional, dickhead, commercial rock and roll guys...when they show up at an airport, their manager runs ahead of them and yells at the people greeting them, 'No video!

^DR: Well, these are, specifically, sounds people have stumbled upon when they were often looking for something else-- looking for a particular lost relative that will, by chance, pick up some gunfire from a war.

.We don't mean to be really
cryptic or mysterious, but I just think that lyrics that are
different and weird and spacey paint a nice picture.^We don't mean to be really cryptic or mysterious but I just think that lyrics that are different and weird and spacey paint a nice picture.

.They fuck each other and tend to their home repairs and
children while never missing their true mission.^They keep it simple, unique, catchy, and most importantly, LOADED with FEELING! Fuck all that other shit!

.To scream at the
top of their lungs in horrified hellish rage every morning at
daybreak to warn us all of the truth.^To scream at the top of their lungs in horrified hellish rage every morning at daybreak to warn us all of the truth .

I'm disgusted with it. .I'm disgusted
with my own apathy too, for being spineless and not always standing
up against racism, sexism and all those other -isms the
counterculture has been whining about for years.

To be positive at all times is to ignore all that is important,
sacred or valuable.

^Similarly, Cobain talked about feeling 'disgusted with my generation's apathy, and with my own apathy and spinelessness'.

^As quoted in The Daily Of The University Of Washington (May 5, 1989) I'd like to live off the band, but if not, I'll just retire to Mexico or Yugoslavia with a few hundred dollars, grow potatoes, and learn the history of rock through back issues of Creem magazine.

^As in saying something ridiculous like: “If I'm not sexually attracted to females, I must be gay.” He also wanted us to believe he was not sexually attracted to males, because he was supposedly only “pretending” to be gay.

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.None of them liked art or music, they just wanted to fight and get
laid.^It's just the way I like art.

.They destroy your memory and
your self-respect and everything that goes along with your
self-esteem.^They destroy your memory and your self-respect and everything that goes along with your self-esteem.

I wouldn't have been surprised if they had voted me Most Likely
To Kill Everyone At A High School Dance.^I can't think of anytime where evolution has been changed...except maybe when they grew a human ear on a mouse...but I wouldn't call that dark, just really creepy Quote: .

If I could get that girl to publish her poetry, the world would
change.^If he could make it through his morass of self-doubt, self-loathing, anxieties, and indulgences - as he indicated in his last interviews - then any of us would make it through our own” ( 71 : 22).

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^See, I've always wanted males friends that I could be real intimate with and talk about important things with and be as affectionate with that person as I would be with girls.

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The thrill and embarrassment of becoming international pop
stars was too much, so we opened our mouths and put our foot in
sometimes.^(On Courtney Love ) As quoted in SPIN (October, 1993) The thrill and embarrassment of becoming international pop stars was too much, so we opened our mouths and put our foot in sometimes.

^That compilation of his journals WAS NOT, and COULD NOT, have been done in completely chronological order because Kurt never dated his entries, but the publishers more than likely arranged it that way for the effect.

^But in the end, as the years went by, it turned out that the labels, the fans and the fanzine writers exulting in the indie-rock-band lifestyle found themselves deserted by the actual indie-rock bands -- almost all of the best of which eventually departed for major labels.

^Even if the album wasn't a literal suicide note, it was certainly a conscious attempt to shed the band's audience -- an attempt that worked, by the way, since the record had lost its momentum when Cobain died in the spring of 1994.

^Heck, I never met him in person and I still was like a zombie for a couple of weeks...That's the stupid thing about suicides, that you're left with this whole bunch of questions, you don't know if and why he did it...

Quotes about
Cobain

Nirvana were like...power-chord music with the occasional Sonic Youth-y flip-out in it.^Bands like Sonic Youth and the Jesus and Mary Chain were making the best music of their careers, and Nirvana was ready to take all that energy which was hidden from so many and channel it direcly to the more accessible areas which they hit.

^We weren't listening to Nirvana much at the time, we were fans but they were a mainstream band in Australia and by the time In Utero came out I was far more into old Sonic Youth and a host of lesser known and even lesser remembered bands of the time.

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^We can cast this idea also as a conflict between two powerful scenes to which Cobain belonged: the punk subculture and the pop music mainstream.

I remember watching Kurt come through and thinking, "God, this
music is nuclear," This is really splitting the atom.^Now despite all this, I will still get the game, mainly cuz im addicted to the music gameplay, but I really do think this is in bad taste.

I was simply blown away when I found out that Kurt Cobain liked
my work, and I always wanted to talk to him about his reasons for
covering "Man Who
Sold The World." It was a straightforward rendition and sounded
somehow very honest.^Who is Kurt cobain?

.It would have been nice to have worked with
him, but just talking would have been real cool.^Quote O: When you started working on the film, did you think the murder theory would be at the center of it, or just their relationship?

I'm sorry I couldn't have spoken to the young man. .I see a lot
of people at the Zen Center, who have gone through drugs and found
a way out that is not just Sunday school.^Kurt and Courtney came out of a depressing logging town gone belly up called Aberdeen (depressing to even drive through) and both had dark pasts.

.There are always
alternatives, and I might have been able to lay something on him.^There was also a show by some chubby chick called Queen something-or-other in which she nearly always got naked and read positive affirmations.

He's the most talented person I ever worked with because he was
talented in so many different ways.^The singer had been missing and his mother had feared that the most troubled and talented star of his generation would go the way of Jim Morrison and Jimi Hendrix.

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^It's disturbing in many ways because it's difficult not to view this as Kurt Cobain's suicide note- he mentions it explicitly on "Milk It" and often talks about death and despair.

He did everything for Nirvana
that it took Jimmy Page and Robert Plant to do for Led Zeppelin. Kurt also designed the
album covers and wrote treatments for the videos. He even designed
the t-shirts. .He was really a comprehensive genius when it came to
the art of rock and roll.^Then at a really early age I wanted to be a rock 'n' roll star.

I suddenly realized Michael [Pitt] was much
taller than Kurt, and much more buff, actually.^Michael Pitt looks like a fucking clone of Kurt Cobain.

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^I wasn't working at either magazine at the time, but I would guess it had much more to do with lead times than varying levels of restraint or taste.

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^It was an awful, awful day for me and I remember it like it was much more recent than 15 years ago.

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.Kurt was a wee
little man, with these big piercing blue eyes and this tremendous
smile — and that's one thing that nobody can replicate."^February 16th, 2009 at 1:48 am Personally, I think Joe Anderson would be the number one choice– his facial structure, his hair, and his blue eyes (along with his demeanor) would perfectly fit Kurt Cobain.

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^"Now flying an aeroplane is not one of these things you learn in the back of a car on the way to the airport.

^Following a meeting with friends and record company executives, arranged by his wife Courtney Love, Cobain had agreed to undergo a detox program, but left the facility the day after arriving.

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.Every time I see him in a dream, I’ll
be amazed and I get this feeling that everyone else thinks he’s
dead.^He's dead, so what, I'm sure he or Cobain would hope that new people would discover him for the first time.

^Kurt Cobain heard about this he would be dead and in ash form and so essentially by him hearing that he himself has been kidnapped in a form that does not have ears to hear this sort of news by, a rip in the time continuum opens and everyone dies .

.It always feels totally real, probably because I’m a very
vivid dreamer.^Now I realize you wrote can and not are but I feel like I need to point out that both myself and my girlfriend are both very feminine.

^Heck, I never met him in person and I still was like a zombie for a couple of weeks...That's the stupid thing about suicides, that you're left with this whole bunch of questions, you don't know if and why he did it...

Rage and aggression were elements for Kurt to play with as an
artist, but he was profoundly gentle and intelligent.^Nick Broomfield, director of the documentary Kurt & Courtney, did an interview with the Onion that touched briefly on it.

He called himself
passive-aggressive. There was self-pity, whining. There was a
diminishment, a diminution. .He was sitting there in his sweater,
hunched over his guitar, looking like a little lost boy.^Posted: October 30, 2007 Description: He looks a little like an alien baby...

.Compare
that with the great figures of my generation: Jimi Hendrix.^The singer had been missing and his mother had feared that the most troubled and talented star of his generation would go the way of Jim Morrison and Jimi Hendrix.

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^My roommate has a theory that the similarity is intentional, because Sadie is reminescent of Janis Joplin and Jo-Jo is reminescent of Jimi Hendrix.

.There are
certain people where you can see the axis of musical history
twisting on them: Hendrix was pivotal, Prince was pivotal, Cobain was
pivotal.^You are the first people I've met who like alternative music and don't like Nirvana.

Yeah, he talked a lot about what direction he was heading in.^In this extensive interview, the singer talks about everything from his childhood and his introduction to the music that would change his life, to making Nevermind and discovering the power of pop stardom.

^It's a pretty neat coincidence that she was dating Billy Corgan when she made Hole's first album and that album sounds like Gish-era Pumpkins, and that she was with Kurt when she recorded Live Through This and that album sounds like Nirvana, and her subsequent albums have sucked.

.It was going to be very quiet and acoustic, with lots of
stringed instruments.^Stipe has stated belief that Cobain's future work would have been "very quiet and acoustic, with lots of stringed instruments.

.It was going to be an amazing fucking record,
and I’m a little bit angry at him for killing himself.^It was going to be an amazing fucking record, and Im a little bit angry at him for killing himself."

^While Cobain and Love's romance had always been something of a media attraction, the couple found themselves hounded by tabloid reporters after the article was published, many wanting to know if Frances was addicted to drugs at birth.

It's so difficult to really
believe he's gone. .I still talk about him like he's still here, you
know.^Heck, I never met him in person and I still was like a zombie for a couple of weeks...That's the stupid thing about suicides, that you're left with this whole bunch of questions, you don't know if and why he did it...

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^I was about to call her when I picked up the phone and heard it stutter--my friend Eric had called and left me a message saying that Kurt Cobain had died.

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^Looked like Cobain might have accidentally kicked the bouncer during his stage dive which pissed the bouncer off, and you can see the bouncer trying to shove Cobain back into the audience, which prompted the guitar blows from Cobain.

^Description: Kurt Cobain recounts his own life from his childhood and adolescence to his days of musical discovery and later dealings with explosive fame and offers often piercing insights into his life, music, and times.

And going for the clincher, a girl cries out in vain
How Jesus lived 6 years longer than Kurt Cobain
And Jesus' hair was longer, and Jesus' arms were stonger
And Jesus's eyes were bluer, and Jesus' thoughts were truer

Some believe that you are God,
Others say you were an idiot.^Majdi Birnawi, another security expert, told Al-Jazeera that "I believe that Mossad or some other (Israeli) security organization carried out this attack."

Johnny wishes he was famous
Spends his time alone in the basement
With Lennon and Cobain
And a guitar and a stereo.^Although Hoke claimed that he knew who killed Cobain, he failed to mention a name, and offered no evidence to support his assertion.

Sometimes I wonder what goes on inside her mind
When she said she thought Dave Grohl had died, and Kurt Cobain was
still alive.^I was about to call her when I picked up the phone and heard it stutter--my friend Eric had called and left me a message saying that Kurt Cobain had died.

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^There are photos w/ Chad who was 5'5 - Kurt towered over him and quite a few w/ Dave in which Cobain appeared 2in shorter max - look for the photos I posted a while back.

Hard luck god, he never had a chance, you know.^Kurt could have commited suiced, but could have been murdered by that ugly whore courtney love, but either way we will never know, and it dont really matter.

Toward another, he has gone
To breathe an air beyond his own.^"There is no phase in our life cycle when we undergo more dramatic changes, and there is an increasing realization that the fetus is particularly sensitive to factors in the environment."